1984 Anti-Sikh Genocide: A Mexican Catholic touching message

Today I would like to encourage All my Sikh brothers, specially the
young ones, to wear a Turban ... to FLOURISH your BEAUTIFUL Identity
with PRIDE but most important to honour the victims of the 1984 Sikh
Genocide who were identified and killed as a result of wearing one. In
so many instances, their turbans were removed first as a final act of
humiliation prior to their deaths.

To All Non Sikhs: I would like
to encourage you to learn and appreciate how BEAUTIFUL and UNIQUE Sikh
identity is ... An appeal is being made to the global freedom and peace
loving community to stand in solidarity with the victims of the 1984
Sikh Genocide by taking a photograph wearing a turban and uploading it
onto social media with the hashtag. #SikhTurban84

"BACKGROUND"

The 1984 Anti-Sikh Genocide refers to the harrowing episode which commenced on 31 October, 1984 across India.

In
the capital alone, over ten thousands members of the Sikh community
were butchered, beaten and burned alive. Easily identifiable due to
their turbans, Sikh males were targeted with ease whilst the law
enforcement agencies turned a blind eye or actively participated in the
carnage. Sikhs were further targeted at their homes through voter lists
identifying the names Singh and Kaur, used almost exclusively by male
and female Sikhs respectively. Females were kidnapped, brutally gang
raped and killed by the Government sponsored mobs.

This event was
the most deadly in the violent history of Delhi and remains highly
controversial. Thirty-one years later, the instigators and perpetrators
remain unpunished despite the evidence of various survivors and human
rights groups that the Genocide was orchestrated by officials of the
Congress Party with the connivance of Delhi administration and police.
Anti-Sikh violence was not restricted to Delhi but also took place in
other states such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

Speaking
about the events in December 2014, the Indian Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh stated the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 was a genocide and
that thise who had a role in the carnage are yet to be punished.